English-Portuguese translations for insidious

• falso
• insidiador
• insidioso
  É um véu insidioso que turva os nossos olhos sem mesmo nos apercebermos. An insidious veil is clouding our vision, and we cannot even see it.
  O aliciamento é particularmente insidioso porque a abordagem é, aparentemente, mais "branda". 'Grooming' is particularly insidious because the advances appear to be 'softer'.
  Senhor Presidente, Senhoras e Senhores Deputados, as bombas de fragmentação são armas de um tipo particularmente insidioso. Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, cluster bombs are weapons of a particularly insidious kind.

Definition of insidious

• Producing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner
• Intending to entrap; alluring but harmful
• Treacherous

Examples

• Hansel and Gretel were lured by the witch’s insidious gingerbread house.
• The battle was lost due to the actions of insidious defectors.

Related words

• inside
• insider
• insides
• mountainside
• insidiously
• insidiousness
• inside job
• inside out
• inside information